The Alliance for Student-Led Wellbeing comprises organisations that aim to raise awareness about the importance of good mental health, reduce the stigma associated with anxiety and depression and provide practical help and emotional support to university and college students, working alongside campus and public services. The Alliance Members deliver a wide range of services including campaigning, providing information, training for staff and volunteers and running support groups and services. The Alliance provides the opportunity for members to deliver the best possible service and make good use of funds by sharing resources, learning from each other's activities and working together on joint initiatives.

Core Members

Student Minds is a national charity working to encourage peer interventions for student mental health through campaigning and facilitating peer support programmes.www.studentminds.org.uk

Students Against Depression is a website offering advice, information, guidance and resources to those affected by low mood, depression and suicidal thinking. SAD is a project owned by CWMT.www.studentsagainstdepression.org

The Matthew Elvidge Trust aims to help tackle the issue of depression in young people by increasing awareness, reducing stigma, providing training and promoting professional help.www.thematthewelvidgetrust.com

The James Wentworth-Stanley Memorial Fund raises awareness of anxiety, depression and suicide amongst young people by promoting research and education, reducing stigma and improving access to support.www.jwsmf.org

Nightlines provide confidential and anonymous emotional support to students in distress at night when other welfare services are usually closed. Each Nightline is run by students for students at their university. www.nightline.ac.uk

CWMT helps people to recognise the signs of depression in themselves and others so they know when to seek help and ensures expert and evidence based help is available when people need it, by providing talks and training.www.cwmt.org.uk

The University of Worcester 'Suicide Safer' project, working in partnership with local stakeholders, aims to develop, implement and evaluate a multi-faceted mental wellbeing and suicide prevention model initially targeting university students and staff to provide a ‘Suicide Safer’ University and contribute to the development of a ‘Suicide Safer’ City and County. www.worc.ac.uk

OpenMinds is a unique peer-led intervention, providing mental health education to school students by training medical students to deliver workshops in local schools.www.ukopenminds.org

Advisers

Association of Managers of Student Services in Higher Education (AMOSSHE)